Wednesday, August 15, 2012

GHANA

ADASights & Sites
●Songor Lagoon – Dangbe East; unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/africa/ghana/songor/; UNESCO Biosphere Preserve; 29K hectares; intensive research is focused on sea turtles that nest in area; manatees also inhabit waters; lagoon additionally acts as important waypoint for European migratory birds that winter in Ghana; site known to exceed bird population of 100K in European winter, with migratory terns, sandpipers, stilts, plovers, and other waterfowl adding to local population; 2 bird watching platforms, one in Pute and one in Lolanya (varieties such as sandwich, black, royal, roseate, and little terns, black-winged stilts, ringed plovers, curlew sandpipers, spotted redshanks, and greenshanks); best months to see turtles are August-March (walks conducted at night, between 23:00 and 2:00, when sea turtles likely to nest on beach); also noteworthy is Crocodile Island, where little egrets, western reef herons, and cormorants are known to breed; island also acclaimed for its basket-weaving industry.